PR021/14
27 March 2014

Overall Fare Adjustment Rate of +3.6%

for MTR fares in 2014

The Government Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) today (27 March 2014) published the year-on-year increase in Nominal Wage Index (Transportation Section) for December 2013 to be 4.1%. Calculating according to the Fare Adjustment Mechanism (FAM) formula*, half of
4.1% is combined with half the value of the 4.3% year-on-year increase in the Composite
Consumer Price Index (CCPI) for December 2013 as published by C&SD on 21 January 2014 and subtracting the new Productivity Factor (PF) value of 0.6% which came into effect after last year's review of the FAM, the Overall Fare Adjustment Rate for MTR fares in 2014 is +3.6%. The rate is 0.5 percentage points lower than what would have been derived using the PF value before the review. It is noted that +3.6% is lower than the 6.16% year-on-year increase in Median Monthly Household Income for the 4th quarter of 2013.
Using the Overall Fare Adjustment Rate of +3.6%, the Corporation will now work out the actual changes to individual fares and make a formal announcement on new MTR fares at a later date, after completing all required administrative procedures including the submission of two independent experts' certificates to Government verifying compliance with FAM.
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*Calculation of 2014 Overall Fare Adjustment Rate according to FAM Formula

Year-on-year

% change in CCPI

for Dec 2013

4.3%

Year-on-year

% change in

Nominal Wage Index

(Transportation

Section)

for Dec 2013

4.1%

New value for

Productivity Factor

(2013 - 2017)

0.6%

Overall Fare Adjustment Rate for 2014

(0.5 × 4.3%) + (0.5 × 4.1%) - 0.6% = +3.6%

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